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Advanced LIGO

Advanced LIGO. Daniel Sigg, for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration TAUP, University of Washington September 8, 2003. Advanced LIGO. LIGO mission: detect gravitational waves and initiate GW astronomy Next detector Should have assured detectability of known sources

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Advanced LIGO

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  1. Advanced LIGO Daniel Sigg,for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration TAUP, University of Washington September 8, 2003 LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  2. Advanced LIGO • LIGO mission: detect gravitational waves and initiate GW astronomy • Next detector • Should have assured detectability of known sources • Should be at the limits of reasonable extrapolations of detector physics and technologies • Must be a realizable, practical, reliable instrument • Should come into existence neither too early nor too late Advanced LIGO LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  3. Initial and Advanced LIGO • Factor 10 better amplitude sensitivity • (Reach)3 = rate • Factor 4 lower frequency bound • Factor 100 better narrow-band • NS Binaries: • Initial LIGO: ~20 Mpc • Adv LIGO: ~350 Mpc • BH Binaries: • Initial LIGO: 10 Mo, 100 Mpc • Adv LIGO : 50 Mo, z=2 • Known Pulsars: • Initial LIGO:e =3x10-6 • Adv LIGOe =2x10-8 • Stochastic background: >> Initial LIGO: Ω~3x10-6 >> Adv LIGO: Ω~ 3x10-9 0 40 Hz LIGO Scientific Collaboration 1

  4. 10-21 10-22 10-23 10-24 10 Hz 100 Hz 1 kHz Anatomy of the projected Adv LIGO detector performance • Newtonian background,estimate for LIGO sites • Seismic ‘cutoff’ at 10 Hz • Suspension thermal noise • Test mass thermal noise • Unified quantum noise dominates at most frequencies for fullpower, broadband tuning • Advanced LIGO's Fabry-Perot Michelson Interferometer is a platform for currently envisaged enhancements to this detector architecture (e.g., flat-top beams; squeezing; Newtonian background suppression) Initial LIGO Advanced LIGO NS-NS Tuning LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  5. Design features 40 KG SAPPHIRETEST MASSES ACTIVE ISOLATION QUAD SILICASUSPENSION 180 W LASER,MODULATION SYSTEM PRM Power Recycling Mirror BS Beam Splitter ITM Input Test Mass ETM End Test Mass SRM Signal Recycling Mirror PD Photodiode LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  6. output NPRO QR f f EOM FI BP FI modemaching YAG / Nd:YAG 3x2x6 optics QR f f BP YAG / Nd:YAG / YAG HR@1064 f 2f f 3x 7x40x7 HT@808 20 W Master High Power Slave Pre-stabilized Laser • Require the maximum power compatible with optical materials • 180W 1064nm Nd:YAG • Baseline design continuing with end-pumped rod oscillator, injection locked to an NPRO • 2003: Prototyping well advanced – ½ of Slave system has developed 100 W LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  7. Input Optics • Provides phase modulation for length, angle control (Pound-Drever-Hall) • Stabilizes beam position, frequency with suspended mode-cleaner cavity • Intensity stabilization to in-vacuum photodiode, 2x10-9 ΔP/P at 10 Hz required (1x10-8 at 10 Hz demonstrated) • Design similar to initial LIGO but 20x higher power • Challenges: • Modulators • Faraday Isolators LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  8. Test Masses / Core Optics • Absolutely central mechanical and optical element in the detector • 830 kW; <1ppm loss; <20ppm scatter • 2x108 Q; 40 kg; 32 cm dia • Sapphire is the baseline test mass/core optic material; development program underway • Characterization by very active and broad LSC working group • Low mechanical loss, high density, high thermal conductivity all desirable attributes of sapphire • Fused silica remains a viable fallback option Full-size Advanced LIGO sapphire substrate LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  9. Core Optics Compensation Polish • Fabrication of Sapphire: • 4 full-size Advanced LIGO boules grown(Crystal Systems); 31.4 x 13 cm; two acquired • Mechanical losses: requirement met • recently measured at 200 million (uncoated) • Bulk Homogeneity: requirement met • Sapphire as delivered has 50 nm-rms distortion • Goodrich 10 nm-rms compensation polish • Polishing technology: • CSIRO has polished a 15 cm diam sapphire piece: 1.0 nm-rms uniformity over central 120 mm(requirement is 0.75 nm) • Bulk Absorption: • Uniformity needs work • Average level ~60 ppm, 40 ppm desired • Annealing shown to reduce losses before LIGO Scientific Collaboration after

  10. Test Mass Coatings • Optical absorption (~0.5 ppm), scatter meet requirements for (good) conventional coatings • Thermal noise due to coating mechanical loss recognized; program put in motion to develop low-loss coatings • Ta2O5 identified as principal source of loss • Test coatings show somewhat reduced loss • Alumina/Tantala • Doped Silica/Tantala • Need ~5x reduction in loss to make compromise to performance minimal • Expanding the coating development program • First to-be-installed coatings needed in ~2.5 years – sets the time scale Requiredcoating Standardcoating LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  11. ITM Compensation Plates Shielded ring compensator test PRM ITM SRM 20 nm Optical path distortion 0 5 mm 10 15 Active Thermal Compensation • Removes excess ‘focus’ due to absorption in coating, substrate • Allows optics to be used at all input powers • Initial R&D successfully completed • Ryan Lawrence MIT PhD thesis • Quasi-static ring-shaped additional heating • Scan to complement irregular absorption • Sophisticated thermal model (‘Melody’) developed to calculate needs and solution • Gingin facility (ACIGA) readying tests with Lab suspensions, optics • Application to initial LIGO in preparation LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  12. Isolation: Requirements • Render seismic noise a negligible limitation to GW searches • Newtonian background will dominate for frequencies less than ~15 Hz • Suspension and isolation contribute to attenuation • Reduce or eliminate actuation on test masses • Actuation source of direct noise, also increases thermal noise • Acquisition challenge greatly reduced • In-lock (detection mode) control system challenge is also reduced Seismiccontribution Newtonianbackground LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  13. Isolation: Pre-Isolator • External stage of low-frequency pre-isolation ( ~1 Hz) • Tidal, microseismic peak reduction • DC Alignment/position control and offload from the suspensions • 1 mm pp range • Lead at Stanford • Prototypes in test and evaluation at MIT for early deployment at Livingston in order to reduce the cultural noise impact on initial LIGO • System performance exceeds Advanced LIGO requirements LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  14. Isolation: Two-stage platform • Choose an active approach: • high-gain servo systems, two stages of 6 degree-of-freedom each • Allows extensive tuning of system after installation, operational modes • Dynamics decoupled from suspension systems • Lead at LSU • Stanford Engineering Test Facility Prototype fabricated • Mechanical system complete • Instrumentation being installed • First measurements indicate excellent actuator – structure alignment LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  15. Suspensions: Test Mass Quads • Adopt GEO600 monolithic suspension assembly • Requirements: • minimize suspension thermal noise • Complement seismic isolation • Provide actuation hierarchy • Quadruple pendulum design chosen • Fused silica fibers, bonded to test mass • Leaf springs (VIRGO origin) for verticalcompliance • Success of GEO600 a significant comfort • 2002: All fused silica suspensions installed • PPARC funding approved: significant financial,technical contribution; quad suspensions, electronics, and some sapphire substrates • U Glasgow, Birmingham, Rutherford • Quad lead in UK LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  16. GW readout, Systems • Signal recycled Michelson Fabry-Perot • Offers flexibility in instrument response, optimization for technical noises, sources • Can also provide narrowband response – ~10-24/Hz1/2 up to ~2 kHz • Critical advantage: can distribute optical power in interferometer as desired • Three table-top prototypes give direction for sensing, locking system • Glasgow 10m prototype: control matrix elements confirmed • Readout choice – DC rather than RF for GW sensing • Offset ~ 1 picometer from interferometer dark fringe • Best SNR, simplifies laser, photodetection requirements • Caltech 40m prototype in construction, early testing • Complete end-to-end test of readout, controls, data acquisition High-frequency narrowbanding Thermal noise Low-frequencyoptimization LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  17. Upgrade of all three interferometers • In discovery phase, tune all three to broadband curve • 3 interferometers nearly doubles the event rate over 2 interferometers • Improves non-Gaussian statistics • Commissioning on other LHO IFO while observing with LHO-LLO pair • In observation phase, the same IFO configuration can be tuned to increase low or high frequency sensitivity • sub-micron shift in the operating point of one mirror suffices • third IFO could e.g., • observe with a narrow-band VIRGO • focus alone on a known-frequency periodic source • focus on a narrow frequency band associated with a coalescence, or BH ringing of an inspiral detected by other two IFOs LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  18. Baseline plan • Initial LIGO Observation at design sensitivity 2004 – 2006 • Significant observation within LIGO Observatory • Significant networked observation with GEO, VIRGO, TAMA • Structured R&D program to develop technologies • Conceptual design developed by LSC in 1998 • Cooperative Agreement carries R&D to Final Design • Now: Proposal is for fabrication, installation positively reviewed“…process leading to construction should proceed” • Proposed start 2005 • Sapphire Test Mass material, seismic isolation fabrication • Prepare a ‘stock’ of equipment for minimum downtime, rapid installation • Start installation in 2007 • Baseline is a staggered installation, Livingston and then Hanford • Coincident observations by 2010 • Optimism for networked observation with other ‘2nd generation’ instruments LIGO Scientific Collaboration

  19. Advanced LIGO • Initial instruments, data helping to establish the field of interferometric GW detection • Advanced LIGO promises exciting astrophysics • Substantial progress in R&D, design • Still a few good problems to solve • A broad community effort, international support • Advanced LIGO will play an important role in leading the field to maturity LIGO Scientific Collaboration

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